##VIDEO ID:8dRFr8MSb10## for we' met before yes [Music] you at this year [Music] decor [Music] I know hell [Music] s [Music] many [Music] [Music] sh [Applause] [Music] [Music] alab [Music] [Music] [Music] I used to be I fun I'm [Music] okay good hey [Music] how's not [Music] boys girl sister [Music] that was a good idea you're an HVAC engineer in a previous life right [Music] [Music] oh [Music] my ready okay here have no idea what's going on good for you [Music] [Music] it back but I'm like come realiz [Music] [Music] yeah up Happy New Year [Music] follow happy New Year kid [Music] [Music] out [Music] [Music] [Music] okay I know always hi Mary you want to come [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] welcome everybody to 2025 please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I to the flag of the United States of America and to it stands one nation God indivisible andice for all good morning everybody I'm going to read a statement of determination a statement of the determination of the board of County cusers relative to an election held in the burrow of Bradley Beach on the fifth day of November in the year of 20 of 2024 with the election of Mayor and one Municipal officer for said burrow of Bradley Beach the said board to determine that at the election Alan goosi was duly elected to the office of mayor for a full four-year term and shanana greenblat was duly elected for a one-year unexpired term on on Council oh next we have the administration of the oath of office ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to Al kosi our next mayor we're probably jumping the gun here a little since I haven't been sworn in yet hopefully that goes I say next but just while I have while the council president has given me the floor I just want to say wow I mean thank you all for coming here today New Year's Day many of you probably recovering from some celebrating last night others of you just preferring to sleep in on on a holiday New Year's day but the fact that you've all come out to share in this moment with only the new council members but a number of the other folks from fire and first aid that are being sworn in today we all really appreciate your support so thank you very much for being here take okay uh okay so we're next we're going to do the administration of oath of office Mayor would you like to come down mayor elect rather sorry after the sing in there's going to be a lot of empty seats when my family leaves um in case anyone's wondering this is uh most of my grandchildren and my children so and their wives I have four Sons uh four wonderful Sons four uh wonderful daughters-in-law uh and they have granted and graced my my wife and I with 10 beautiful grandchildren seven of whom are here tonight and uh three are in sunny Florida so little and two more on the way two more on the way so we'll try to make this quick so you guys can have more seating um oh one more thing the woman to my right saring Us in is L Peter Paul many of you may know her as our assembly woman in this District uh L is also a family member of mine through marriage and her niece Emily is sitting here holding one of my grandchildren thank you so much for being thank you and you can see Emily and I look very um it's an honor to be here today it's an honor to be in front of all of you today to take this next step forward please repeat after me I State I Alan gboi do solemly swear do sorry Budd do Solly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will Faithfully impartially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all of the duties of the mayor of burrow Bradley Beach all of the duties of the mayor of Bradley Beach according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me go so help me go congrat okay I think your work isn't quite done please make sure you sign that [Music] this green light can you join us ladies and gentlemen I'd like to introduce you to shaa greenl our next Council and I just like to welcome my family who have been on the sidelines of course Greg who's been at the center of my my entire campaign and supporting this and the Brad Beach member and U my family my um sister Alisa and father nearby Ocean Grove and my baby sister [Music] Judy name I st name I sh do solemly affir do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform all of the duties of council woman and just to perform all of the duties of council woman of the burrow of Bradley Beach the bur of Bradley Beach according to the best of according to the very ser um before we get to our next War I just want to make a quick comment or two about sh greenl um I had the pleasure as I was running for mayor this past fall I had the great pleasure of running with sha sh you and I hit thousand doors in Bradley Beach 99% of them were very friendly welcoming conversations um but we got to know each other a lot it was day in and day out five five hours or so a day and U while while I think of us as having been friends you know I I think that friendship and that Bond grew tremendously all I want to say is I'm very excited that shaana won the election for Council um and she is one of the most intelligent one of the most dedicated hardest working people I know I think she's going to be a great service to R Beach so Sean congratulations sorry and I'd like to also introduce a newest council member Paul nowicki [Music] Mr no repeat after me I state your name do solemnly swear I Paul Micki Solly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear [Music] that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully impartially that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all of the duties and justly perform all of the of councilman of the burrow of Bradley Beach councilman of the bur of Bradley Beach talk to us second according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God you are done sir now Paul yes Before I Let You Go I'd like to read a brief statement this while I was able to wing it with Sean because I know her well and we spent so much time together I would have attempted to do that but Paul's bio is so impressive and a little bit on the longer side I decided I'd do better service if I read it so introducing Paul to our public Paul nowiki his wife Robin and their two sons Adam and David live on Bradley Boulevard overlooking silven Lake not surprisingly Paul has become a regular attendee at silven Lake commission meetings and has consistently offered advice and support to to the commission members there his passion for our community became evident early in these meetings and we soon learned that Paul is a New Jersey licensed professional engineer he just recently retired after serving as president and chief chief operating officer of ganette Fleming a TW a top 25 nationally recognized Consulting engineering and Architectural firm he provided leadership to over 3,000 people across 65 offices internationally and he now provides management advisory services to the industry impressively much of PA's 42-year career was focused in the state of New Jersey working with communities to build many of the roadways trains um I'm sorry trains we ride Water Systems we drink and infrastructure and environments we live in several of his signature projects include the Reconstruction of Route 18 in New Brunswick and the New Jersey trans New Jersey Transit Ren River and portal Bridge Replacements and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Municipal drinking water interconnection study in order to fill the vacancy on our governing body this Council considered many very talented and capable candidates we believe that Paul's engineering expertise his passion for Community involvement and his strong consensus building skills will add great experience and Leadership to serve the residents of Bradley Beach so with that introduction Paul congratul [Applause] please repeat after me I state your name I Ronald miny do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to and to the governments established and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties of fire chief perform all of the duties of fire chief for the Bradley Beach Fire Department for the Bradley Beach Fire Department according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me got can I here sir repeat after me I state your name I Ronald bsky do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in established in the United States the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of Vice President of vice president and second lieutenant and second Lieutenant for the Bradley Beach for the Bradley Beach first aid Squad first aid Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me go [Applause] [Music] oh yes a story why I asked the mayor to allow Jane to SAR me in many years ago not not having any was I was promoted by her father iniz well it was New Jersey Bill a long time ago yeah I've been away from while yeah this is true so one day I'm out in the street and it's a small fireo nothing's going on and I hear this person yelling at me in the name only known to those people in New Jersey and I turned around and said that and we got to talking and we made a lunch date and unfortunately two weeks later he passed and that's the first time I physically met Jan found out that that was his daughter and I thought it would be nice if she could read my that's my I state your name do solemly swear swear I'm a little for clamp that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that will be a true Faith allegiance to the same and to the governments to the same and to the government established in the United States established in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people and in the state under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully and partially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of secretary and captain of secretary and captain for the Bradley Beach first aid squad for the Bradley Beach first state Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God now I have one last small story when this one first pinned the badge on me I had to kneel down 10 years later I don't have to know that this is my granddaughter Alexis yeah you take a picture we go [Applause] thank one final comment about John Z he has served Bradley Beach fire first a for 47 years [Applause] we Lu we give a piece of pap raise the right hand sir please repeat after me I state your name I V Mass do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the United States states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of treasurer of treasurer for the Bradley Beach first state squad for the Bradley Beach first state Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God you were done sir do I want to do make sure you get a good one for the okay thank make comment uh I want to thank my wife for saying two words she says to me most often when you get first a go just [Applause] go Mr Joseph Walsh I st your name I Jose Walsh do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and to Faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in the United States establish in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of first lieutenant a first lieutenant for the Bradley Beach first aid Squad the Bradley Beach first aid Squad according to the best my ability the best of my ability so help me gu so help me gu congratulations [Applause] Mr hag [Music] to do the hon please repeat after me I state your name I every do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the government established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of Sergeant of Sergeant for the Bradley Beach firstate squad for the Bradley Beach firstate Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me go [Applause] there we go Mr there you are you want me toay next to you you sir raise your right hand please repeat after me I st your name I do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of President of president for the Bradley Beach for the Bradley be first um let's see according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me go thank you thank you [Applause] so as first well my second official act after having sworn in these wonderful men and women of our first aid in fire uh My First Act will now be to U turn something over to our council president Jim denov because Jane has very gracefully left me notes uh identifying certain dignitaries in our audience today I want to make sure we recognize everyone who here J so mayor buckus frommore are you here sir Jerry take councilwoman said while he's here also anybody I miss any other elected officials here Diane oh Diane hi um Diane's also here I can think of your last name I know your council president Seager yes thank you for being here we appreciate you one more thing um there is coffee and cake across the the parking lot here if anybody would like to go and you know take a break it's fine going to do a regular meeting now so just so you know everyone invited and speaking of regular meetings uh not only my own family but any other families who would rather not sit through the rather boring part of this meeting please feel free to leave and start on the the coffee and the cookies anyone else who would like to hear the rest of the meeting by all means please stay with us thank you um okay so we are now at item six on our agenda and that is call for attendance well actually I need to do item number three which I somehow oh open I was so nervous so um I'm going to do the open public meetings act statement and I'm going to take a roll call I wish to announce that the 48 hour notice is required under the open public meetings Act was emailed to the Asbury Park Press the co-star and the new coaster on December the 19th of 2024 that a copy has been placed on the Bulet board in the bur office that a copy has been fled with the municipal clerk as a courtesy to the public this meeting may be attended via Zoom if for any reason the zoom portion of this meeting fails or is disconnected the inperson meeting will continue and action can and will be taken provided that there is an inperson Forum Mr Noble here M greenlot here Mr nowiki here Mr Weber here mayor kosi here good start also I left a piece of paper twoie of you're have to S email anyway okay okay so uh item number seven on our agenda is the approval of the minutes for uh I make a motion to approve the minutes of December 11th 2024 Council business meeting second Mr Noble yes yes Mr yeah you both would have to obain I thank you they're ready to go Mr we yes mayor yes and similarly uh I'm going to make a motion to approve the minutes of the December 11th 24 executive session second Mr Noble yes Mr nowiki mlet Mr Weber yes mayor gzi yes uh item eight on the agenda there are no ordinances to introduce or adopt item nine on the agenda is the organization of Mayor F Council and the first item under under number nine is the nomination of the council president as mayor I would like to nominate Miss Jane Den Noble to continue as our council president in 2025 second uh Mr Noble it would be my honor yes um m r yes mrki yes Mr Weber yes mayor goosi yes thank you mayor and Council I really look forward to 2025 it's going to be a great year and I really look forward to working with all of you thank you uh item number 10 on the agenda is new business a new business consent agenda and resolutions 20251 through 2025 29 and normally historically we have read all of these to you we're going to try something new to shorten the L of our meetings this is the easy stuff too I'm getting it right the easy stuff um before we vote on this I want to ask does anyone want to vote on any of these items separately I will also knowe for the Public's benefit that um while the agenda itself has not been adjusted since notice was provided we have made a couple of minor edits to a couple of the resolutions one of which was um for employ boards committees and commissions we've added two volunteers Beyond those that were already included to O and they are Brian and Jason I try to give a little more so uh please note that those two gentlemen have been added to our volunteers on OEM I spoke with the nor larm our head of O and he was very excited about the new additions um the other item where there was a minor change was on 20 25-9 um there was authorization of cancellation of tax and Sewer payments the word initially said under and over $10 we don't want to cancel payments over $10 so we have just deleted that over reference as well so and those again uh Erica that you've already made those adjustments yes and you all have the just resolution so with that said I'd like to make a motion to adopt uh the consent agenda resolutions 20251 through 2025 d29 is Mr Noble yes green yes Mr nki yes Mr Weber yes Fox I'm very sorry I think the former mayor would say yes I'm also going to say yes years okay we'll move to uh section 11 of urg the individual resolutions and resolution 202-302-1194 LIC for United engine and truck company 5050 cash raffle for January 25th 25 I make that motion to approve is there a second second Mr Noble yes M greenlot yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor gboi yes item individual resolution time the uh municipality is uh still in Seeking a CFO to help us complete this budget which we have 30 days to complete so it is not a concern but I will motion that we table this item at the moment is there a second second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor GUI yes item 20 25-33 temporary Deb service budget for 2025 I will make a motion to table this item is there a second sorry Mr yes M greenl yes mrki yes Mr Weber yes mayor GUI yes I will uh now address item 202- 34 resol resolution to separate from service the acting business administrator is there a second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor GUI yes item 20 25-35 I I make a motion to adopt a resolution to appoint an acting business administrator second Mr Noble yes Miss greenl yes Mr nowiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi yes and we I'm going to take a pause on the agenda because we're fortunate to have that acting business administrator in the room with us today Mr Matt dhy Matt please stand this this may not surprise too many people but I actually have a very quick prepared statement to recognize thank you for joining us um I just want everyone to have a little sense of the process that got us to this point in time Matt dhy has a wealth of experience in Municipal and state government he served Belmar burrow for almost 13 years starting as a council person in 20 2006 and ultimately being elected as mayor for terms he led the Belmar Community during the aftermath of superstorm Sandy a life-changing event that impacted so many people in this area in 2018 he resigned as mayor to become the executive director of the casino reinvestment Development Authority a position he held until early 2022 Matt is a masters in public policy and a bachel of arts and government both from Georgetown University this Council interviewed a number number of Highly qualified candidates for our new acting business administrator role council members were consistently impressed by Matt's deep municipal government experience his enthusiasm his can do attitude his successful history working in support of his Municipal Employees and his powerful commitment to serve the public as a new Administration we have a lot to accomplish in 2025 we are excited to have Matt in place on day one of a new beginning ready to help Bradley Beach accomplish great things as we move forward together please join the governing body in welcoming Matt dhy to Bradley Beach the two time is a little shy about public speaking and that is not true by the way thank you man okay okay um that concludes the uh individual resolutions uh there are item 12 on the agenda is Communications there are no Communications item 13 mayor and Council comments uh I would ask Mr nowiki to be well first I I just say um I'm extremely humbled and honored to accept this um opportunity to serve the residents of Bradley Beach and perform the duties of a council person I look forward to working together with the mayor the council especially with the community and bringing us together um through transparency and communication uh to build a better brand of beach for the future so thank you for your confidence at least for today I'm going left my left to my right so I'm just about to say the same thing you said already so I'll give my detailed report next week at our regular meeting but I just wanted to say that I'd like to wish everyone first of all happy New Year and I have a feeling it's going to be a really great 2025 I'm so excited to be here and we have a lot of challenges and opportunities but together along with the Bradley Beach employees the residents the businesses and our community organizations we can continue to make Bradley Beach a place where everyone feels welcome safe and proud to call Bradley Beach their home it's my honor to be here and I appreciate all of you thank you so this is the first uh Council comments that um we can actually speak personally and uh without a real agenda of sharing any Le on report so I'm going to do so um by personally thanking um my of the now U mayor goosi and fellow councel um so I appreciate your support I appreciate the support of the community who voted for me and uh put their trust in me and I hope to earn the trust of those of you who really don't know me um I hope to be an open book and um I actually came with a resolution of my own to add uh to this meeting so this is a resolution for 2025 may be resolved on this day the 1st of 2025 a promise to be kind to our neighbors for they are our family may we respect this meeting place this space of business of governance of community Spirit of shared interest let us treat difference with difference when it seeks out the greater good may we resolve on this day to be our best selves together as a community be the charge to create Harmony where there is enity seek out Solutions amidst problems bring Grace to dysfunction and understanding from chaos may we insist on healing Excellence collaboration and a blessing for Bradley Beach it is my commitment as I sit on this dayis both humbled and in awe it is my promise as I am sworn in to serve as Council today and every day of my term I wish you all a very happy New Year what thank you mayor G to say that and happy New Year everybody so great to see so many people here uh it was great maybe earlier to see so many members of our Police Department our fire department our first aid Squad there's folks here from DPW and every professionals and dignitaries from other town it's really great to see everybody um where do I start up here Jane you're going to do a great job as a council president I know on to the people that had to run I know how hard you guys campaigned you you worked really really hard you deserve this and I have every bit of faith and both of you are going to do a great job I will just say one thing about I knocked on a few doors myself just so you know uh and a lot of people knew Al and uh it was just great pleasure to tell people about shaa because not everybody knew about shaana so she's a great commitment to this community uh already so it was great to tell people about that Mr nowicki you did it the easy way it's the best way it's the best way all right um campaigning will come soon enough if you choose and then you get to knock that all these wonderful people's doors and talk to them uh on their front steps and uh that day may come but we have every confidence in you as well you really impressed me on so many level so happy uh and I know that together all five of us are going to achieve so much because um it's about time we start achieving a lot up here so thanks again everybody for coming and see you over at Cross the way so I will now give myself s a chance to make a statement and I am not reading a prepared statement because I just want this as councilman Weber is so fluent I like to I like to read things but um U but I guess what I wanted this to just come from the heart and say to everyone here number one thank you for your support not only for me personally uh this Council for your commitment to Bradley Beach and your passion for Bradley Beach um you know we are here to serve the residents and I know at times that that message may have been blurred or or not as clear as it should have been but I know for a fact these five including myself these five people are here to serve the residents um you will you will get honesty and transparency and open Communications from this Council um we're all committed to that we've all talked about that I'm very excited about my my partners up here today and I really look forward to working with them for the rest of the year um and uh I want to say that the first my first order business is meeting with department heads so I I have not yet had that opportunity but that starts tomorrow um and my immediate second order of business is to resolve this local 152 contract and I tried to get that be first order business but uh their uh representative couldn't be with till next week so so that was my um but we're going to get something done folks um so with that said I know others have said uh there's coffee and and drinks and some cookies across the way please feel free to join us we'd love to have anyone who wants to uh attend uh but otherwise have a wonderful New Year oh yeah I don't think [Music] out yes I did go there and with that said uh that concludes Council comments and now we'll turn to public comments on any matter you're interested in Almost Got Away hi there Bri Maguire 610 Brinley Avenue oh I want to congratulate mayor alosi Bradley Beach is so truly lucky to have your level of expertise and commitment to honesty and integrity I'm proud to say I became one of your biggest cheerleaders organically through the councilman you dedicated yourself to be it didn't even start as a neighbor nor a friend but truly through your service to me a resident who had many questions the time and energy you put in for the seriousness of your oath doesn't compare to most and I couldn't be happier knowing that the majority of Bradley Beach feels the same so thank you and I look forward to what you will be so open to share simply for people to know also a big congratulations to our newly elected councilwoman shaa greenl your dedication to doing what is right is inspiring and I am also proud to have met you simply through fighting for good in rabby Beach Council Weber and councilwoman denville's dedication for good and what is right has been a true gift for this town and it is so refreshing to see that now it keeps on growing congratulations to newly appointed councilman Paul nowicki Mr nowicki I know I I want to say welcome welcome to Bradley Beach I understand you are a newer resident and come with some very impressive qualifications you do have some big shoes to fill after the incredible job Miss Mahoney has done a woman who understands important budget numbers stood up to our town issues with amazing professionalism and a great sense of humor but mostly listen to with many faces that fill this entire room have become connected by wanting the best for Bradley Beach through truth best for Bradley Beach through truth many have done a lot of hard work to find the facts and have become friends simply through the commonality of good for Bradley Beach I wish this Vibe just continues to spread so that we can become a United nonpartisan friendly Community built on Truth who can work through differences with the same end goals for the town and that it inspires other towns to want to do the same let's make some positive news headlines for 2025 and Beyond thank you and again a big congratulations all are there any other public comments okay very good thank you very much um I know going so well we're not going home people no uh thank you uh Bri for your comments M Maguire uh because you also did remind me that I did want to recognize M Mone Kristen you served phenomenally with us and we appreciate you so much one of the most honest perfect people we' we've had up here thank you with that said I make a motion to a chair second second all in favor I I hey work